Why most people are wrong about language learning 大部分人对语言学习的误区 I studied spanish for several years in high school, and even got good grades on national exams. But one day, when I actually tried to speak the language, I suddenly realized. Four years of studying Spanish in school, and I couldn’t even order a burrito. 我在高中的时候学过几年的西班牙语，还在全国性的考试中拿到了挺高的分数，但有一天，当我想说西班牙语的时候，我突然意识到：在学校学了四年西班牙语的我，连点份玉米煎饼都不会。 So what went wrong? According to official standardized tests, I was an expert in Spanish. But I couldn’t even do the most basic of tasks! 到底哪里出问题了?根据官方标准测试的结果，我可是西班牙语的专家呀!但我却无法用西班牙语来进行最基本的交流。 The fact is that we not taught languages in the ideal way. Students study languages in huge groups and think that a few worksheets and grammar exercises will be enough to learn a language. Yet almost no one actually learns to speak. 事实是在学校老师教我们语言的方式并不是理想的学习方法。大部分的学生都是在班级里一大群人一起学语言，我们以为做一些语法练习题，就够我们学会一门语言。其实我们基本没有学习如何去说这门语言。 In actuality, by doing worksheets, we are practicing for just that—for worksheets. But if you want to learn to speak, well, you actually have to practice by speaking. 实际上，做练习题的方法，只是让我们完成练习。但如果你想要学会开口说，你其实需要通过讲话的方式来练习。 So when people try to learn to speak a language out of a book, I try to show them that they won’t achieve their goals that way. If you want to speak, you have to practice speaking. And if you want to speak a language rapidly, well, you have to start speaking. A lot. 所以每次我遇到想通过一本书学会一门语言的人，我通常都会告诉他们：这种方法无法让他们实现语言学习的目标。如果你想要说，你就要通过口语练习。如果你想让自己说得非常流利，那你就要开始做大量的口语练习。 |
